PETA boycotts new KFC measure

FRANKFORT, KY State Rep. Charles Siler is sponsoring legislation to assign the
designation to KFC's "finger lickin' good" chicken, first served
by Colonel Harland Sanders in 1940.

The late colonel's fried chicken deserves the title because of
the worldwide attention and economic benefit it has brought to the
state, Siler said. KFC, a subsidiary of Louisville-based Yum Brands
Inc., has 11,000 restaurants in more than 80 countries.

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals bristles at the
idea. The animal rights group claims that the chickens KFC serves
are abused, even tortured.

"If the state legislature moves forward with this one, then
they should change Kentucky's state bird from the cardinal to the
debeaked, crippled, scalded, diseased, dead chicken," said Bruce
Friedrich, PETA vice president.

PETA has been involved in a long-standing battle with KFC, and
even began a push two years ago to have a bust of the bespectacled
Colonel Sanders removed from the Kentucky Capitol. Sanders, with
his white goatee and black string tie, became recognizable
worldwide by marketing his fried chicken.